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A politician that speaks the truth? Could it be?

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"In life, a man commits himself, draws his own portrait, and there is nothing but that portrait."
--Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism

Please -- draw your own portrait. If you don't, no one will, and no one can but you. This portrait is nowhere to be found; it must be created. By you.

To those of you who do have something to say and put forth the effort to say it; to the few diligent seekers who aim to explore, to see what can be seen and not merely known; to those who dare to question without fear of what they may uncover: thank you.

Josh Adkins is 12 years old. He has terminal leukemia. He has a wish -- to break the Guinness World Record for receiving the most Get Well Cards. His address ( Read more... )

"Last night, I almost did the unthinkable."
"Oh yeah? What was it???"
"I don't know -- it's unthinkable."

"Each of the GRE General Test’s three sections - Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Critical Thinking and Analytical Writing..."

Makes ETS sound so smart, doesn't it?

Link: http://tinyurl.com/3c97nz

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something."
--Plato

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
--Helen